The identity of the photographer has been just as difficult to pin down. If he is to be believed, then two of the remaining nine workers were his father, Sonny Glynn, and his uncle, Matty O’Shaughnessy. A claim has been made by Pat Glynn regarding the identity of two others, but there is no definitive proof at this time. A 2012 documentary, “Men at Lunch,” by Seán Ó Cualáin revealed that two of the men were Joseph Eckner and Joe Curtis.
Some have mistakenly thought the photograph was taken atop the Empire State Building, but it was actually taken on the GE Building (at that time known as the RCA Building), which is part of the Rockefeller Center.Īs far as the subjects of the photograph, they were immigrant iron workers who, all but two, have remained anonymous to this day. Thought by some to be a fake, the original glass plate negative was discovered, proving its authenticity. In 1932, the New York Herald-Tribune published the now famous portrait of 11 men on a lunch break from their laborious construction work.
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